Stay for corsets



No. 231,894. Patehted Sept. 7, 1880.

MPEI'ERS PNOTO-UTNOGHAFHER WASHINGTON. u c

UNITE STATES PATENT CFFICE.

MORRIS P. BRAY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

STAY FOR CORSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,894, datedSeptember '7, 1880.

Application filed June 19, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS P. BRAY, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Staysfor Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, perspective view of the stay as prepared for introduction inthe corset, enlarged; Fig. 2, transverse section of part of a corset,showing the stay inserted, enlarged.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets and stays therefor,the object being to produce a serviceable and durable stay as asubstitute for whalebone.

(No model.)

In the preparation of the stay, a strip is cut from rawhide, andchannels a cut in one 01 both surfaces, so as to materially reduce thethickness where said channels are out.

A stay thus produced is introduced between the two thicknesses of thecorset parts, as seen in Fig. 2; then lines of stitches dare run throughthe parts and through the reduced 4 A stay for corsets, consisting of astrip of rawhide with channels cut therein, substantially as described.

MORRIS P. BRAY.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EAR-LE, J. H. SHUMWAY.

